Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) stated the Trump administration’s choice to arrest a Turkish immigrant who studied at Tufts College whereas on a pupil visa was out of the unusual and in distinction with Massachusetts’ custom.
“Massachusetts has been welcoming students and immigrants for four centuries. The footage I saw today of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by masked officers is contrary to that tradition,” Auchincloss wrote in a Thursday put up on X.
A recording of Ozturk’s detainment undertaken by six brokers in masks has been plastered throughout the web.
Democratic lawmakers have raised considerations in regards to the method of her removing. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) particularly described the occasion as a “chilling” second that ought to matter to all People, whereas Auchincloss stated he thinks the scholar was detained over her political beliefs.
“Ms. Ozturk has no reported record of violence or harassment; she did co-write an op-ed about Israel, with which I disagree. I have written about my opposing view,” the Massachusetts lawmaker wrote.
“That’s how America works. Revoking her visa because of her political viewpoint is not how America works.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has additionally shared comparable observations about Yunseo Chung, a Columbia College pupil who the Trump administration made makes an attempt to forcibly take away.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio estimated greater than 300 overseas college students have had their visas revoked for the reason that Trump administration took over.
“We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio advised reporters at a press convention.
“I hope at some point we run out because we have gotten rid of all of them, but we’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.”
The Trump administration has set a aim to hold out the most important deportation within the nation’s historical past.
